Day 12

Today we had a slow start. A lady from a church came over to talk to Julio and Luci about some problems in her life, and they could not very well leave her, so we didnt get started until about 11:30. We went to the camp with the intention to clean the bathrooms that are there. They have not been used in over a year. I had every intention to clean, but once we got there with all of our cleaning supplies, I decided to be the rinser of the bathroom as opposed to the actual cleaner. Mark, John and Julio got into those bathroom stalls like it was nobody's business and cleaned away. It was NASTY! Roaches the size of your middle finger were crawling everywhere (Ok look down right now at your middle finger. Are you looking at it? Now picture a roach that long scurring at you...not a pretty picture eh?), but that did not stop Mark and John. I on the other hand, ran screaming.......This is the before picture of the toilets. They look a lot dirtier than this picture shows. I mean picture roaches and spiders on the wall, and then think about the fact that some of that brown is possibly poop...



Here is the finished picture of the toilets after they were cleaned (And rinsed)We are going to try to find some CLR to get the rust off the inside of the toilets. They scrubbed and scrubbed, but it wouldnt come off. After cleaning the bathrooms out (And rinsing...always an important job) we went and had some awesome pizza. Then we went to the hardware store and bought a hinge for one of the doors and some nails, screws, and sand paper. Then we went to the paint store and bought some green and white paint. We went back to the camp and sanded all of the doors. The older kids had Awanas today so they helped us with everything instead.



We also started cleaning up around the Awanas room. It was really good to see them all working really hard.

While we were sanding the bathroom doors one of the kids started pointing and saying "serpiente!" There was this snake (only about 15 inches long, but not your typical garden snake) right in front of us wrapped up in one of the door frames. The guard of the farm came over with his machete and chopped it right in half. Everyone went back to their sanding. (no picture. Sorry!) Its just a different world over here and chopping a snake in half is no big deal. I, on the other hand, ran screaming:). After we finished sanding the doors, we played another game of baseball with the kids. Its just soo much fun to be in this place playing with the kids. There is a boy named Brallio (he is Eloisa's brother) and he has cerebral palsy. He played baseball with us today and it was so awesome to see how nice all of the kids were with him. Apparently, in the past, they made fun of him, but Julio has been working with them on that, and they were so nice to him. (run on sentence) Anyway, here are some pictures of baseball and basketball tonight.

Look at those mountains in the background. Isnt that beautiful?



This is Kevin showing off his muscles. Tomorrow we will go back to the camp and paint the doors. Tomorrow night we are having a camp fire with the kids! So excited!